BlackBerry Helps Boeing Build a Self-Destructing Phone

This phone will automatically wipe itself clean of all sensitive data in 5 ... 4 ...

Boeing and BlackBerry are teaming up to build a perfect spy phone, one with dual SIM card capacity—and a self-destruct feature.

The phone is an Android device called Black. Not to be confused with the privacy-focused Blackphone, Black also features radio and satellite capabilities, solar charging, biometric scanning, and various levels of encryption. The self-destruct feature doesn't need to be "detonated" remotely. Rather, the phone can sense case tampering and responds by wiping the phone clean of all data, preventing information from falling into the wrong hands.

Neither company is saying much else, including whether or not the phone will be commercially available. Given its intense level of security features and the influence of defense contractor Boeing, it seems more likely that the device will be the domain of government agents who need to protect sensitive data.